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Thus Judah and Israel lived in security, everyone under their own vine and fig tree from Dan to Beer-sheba, as long as Solomon lived.
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Hiram then sent word to Solomon, “I have heard the proposal you sent me, and I will provide all the cedars and fir trees you desire.
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So Hiram continued to provide Solomon with all the cedars and fir trees he desired,
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The walls of the house on all sides of both the inner and the outer rooms had carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
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The two doors were of pine, with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The doors were overlaid with gold, and the cherubim and the palm trees were also covered with beaten gold.
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and he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and plated them with gold.
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On the flat ends of the handles and on the panels, wherever there was a bare space, cherubim, lions, and palm trees were carved, as well as wreaths all around.
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They, too, built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and asherahs, upon every high hill and under every green tree.
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and went a day’s journey into the wilderness, until he came to a solitary broom tree and sat beneath it. He prayed for death: “Enough, Lord! Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.”
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He lay down and fell asleep under the solitary broom tree, but suddenly a messenger touched him and said, “Get up and eat!”